Austria‘s Islamic Community says it has revoked the license of a Muslim religion teacher who allegedly gave his students anti-Semitic pamphlets. The announcement Friday came a day after the Islamic Community suspended the man for allegedly encouraging students to abstain from “Jewish businesses”. The teacher in question taught at a regular school in the Austrian…
A young Montrealer has been sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for firebombing two Montreal Jewish institutions. With evidence that couldn’t be reported until their guilty plea, investigators say Omar Bulphred and an accomplice were arrested after police heard them on wiretaps describing the abduction of a gay man to rob him and…
Prominent British Muslims have denounced anti-Semitic attacks amid fears of a backlash against Jewish communities in Britain over Gaza. The leaders said that British Jews “should not be held responsible” for Israel’s actions in Gaza. Jewish groups say there has been a record rise in anti-Semitic incidents since the crisis began. A letter to mosques…
France’s interior ministry says masked thieves who attacked a young man east of Paris to steal his car repeatedly stabbed him after noticing he was wearing a Jewish symbol. Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has condemned the “revolting attack” in the suburban town of Fontenay-sous-Bois and says authorities are working to find the perpetrators. The ministry…
Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin announced that he would investigate allegations of anti-Semitism and incitement towards violence and hatred during pro-Palestinian rallies held in the Netherlands over the past two weeks. Hirsch Ballin said that he would ask police about concerns in the rallies, and look at whether the public prosecutor had taken appropriate action…
